Bill Text: IL SR1191 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of the Reverend George J. Dyer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-01-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR1191 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1191-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of the Reverend George J. Dyer, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on December 3, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Father Dyer was born in Chicago on November 3, | ||||||
6 | 1927 and attended Our Lady of Sorrows School and Quigley | ||||||
7 | Preparatory Seminary; he was ordained on May 1, 1953; he | ||||||
8 | received his doctorate in Sacred Theology in 1955 and taught | ||||||
9 | Patristics and Systematic Theology at St. Mary of the Lake | ||||||
10 | Seminary; in 1967, he was named Dean of Studies and served in | ||||||
11 | that position for nine years; he became pastor of St. Patrick | ||||||
12 | Church in Wadsworth in 1978; during his tenure, a new church | ||||||
13 | was built and the first Mass was celebrated on May 11, 1991; he | ||||||
14 | retired from St. Patrick in 1996; following a brief sabbatical, | ||||||
15 | he served as a weekend presider at St. Julian Eymard Parish in | ||||||
16 | Elk Grove Village until 2016; most recently, he ministered to | ||||||
17 | the retirement community of Sedgebrook in Lincolnshire; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Father Dyer founded the theological journal, | ||||||
19 | Chicago Studies; he published a weekly column under the name of | ||||||
20 | Androgogy, which appeared in a thousand parish bulletins; he | ||||||
21 | wrote and narrated the Three Minute Theologian, an | ||||||
22 | audiocassette presentation based on current themes and | ||||||
23 | Catholic teaching; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In 1982, the Catholic Theological Society of | ||||||
2 | America awarded Father Dyer its John Courtney Murray medal for | ||||||
3 | his "distinguished contributions" to theology; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Father Dyer was preceded in death by his parents, | ||||||
5 | George M. and Mae (DeLacy) Dyer, and his sister, Marian Alice | ||||||
6 | Brookman; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Father Dyer is survived by his brother-in-law, | ||||||
8 | William T. Brookman; his nieces and a nephew, Marlie (Martin) | ||||||
9 | Morin, Barbara Brookman, and William G. (Nancy) Brookman; his | ||||||
10 | grandnieces and nephews, Melissa (Robert) Hutchison, Michael | ||||||
11 | (Kristen) Morin, Lauren (Scott) Brookman-Frazee, and Shara | ||||||
12 | (James) Brookman Smith; and his great-nieces and nephews, | ||||||
13 | Matthew (Michelle Shimon) Hutchison, Meaghan Hutchison, | ||||||
14 | Maureen Hutchison, Courtney Morin, Patrick Morin, Emily Morin, | ||||||
15 | Joshua Morin, Geta Morin, Daniel Frazee, and Tamene Morin; | ||||||
16 | therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
19 | the Reverend George J. Dyer, and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
20 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
21 | it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Father Dyer as an expression of our | ||||||
3 | deepest sympathy.
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